Why I Chose A Consulting Career At BCG, Saurabh Bakliwal, MD & Partner, BCG, IIM B

In this episode of Konversations cafe, we have Saurabh Balkiwal, Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Saurabh walks us through his journey from doing his undergrad at a start-up institute to getting into IIM Bangalore for his postgrad.

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He explains how his initial academic performance made him realize the competency B-schools had and the amount of effort he had to put in to stay competitive.

What if your academic performance is weak?
Only a few students get through and are recruited by Day zero companies. Saurabh did not get through this process; he believed his academic performance shouldn’t hinder the BIg companies from hiring him.

He also talks about why he wanted to do an MBA and how his passion for business started while being a coder at Infosys. He shares his experience working with the sales team at Unilever while doing his MBA.

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He also talks more about the work-life of a consultant and the challenges you should be prepared to deal with. Added to this, he advises you to look at your career from a long-term perspective and lead a life that balances both good and bad that comes as a package with this job.

Please tell us in the comment section about which part of his journey inspired you, and stay tuned for part 2.

0:00 Highlights
1:30 Introduction
2:51 Journey towards doing engineering
4:42 Joining Infosys from Campus
5:56 Awareness of the IT industry
7:58 Journey into IIM Bangalore
8:54 Experience at IIM Bangalore
11:00 Internship at Unilever
13:17 Why did I reject an offer from Unilever?
13:47 Getting into the Consulting world
16:55 Highlighted moments as a Consultant
22:19 Perks of being a Consultant
25:46 Cons about being a Consultant
27:13 Stay tuned for part 2
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